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Basalt Rock Company

Occurrence in Contra Costa county in California, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029557
MRDS ID M007177
Record type Site
Current site name Basalt Rock Company

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.79354, 38.01518 (WGS84)
Relative position SE1/4.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Contra Costa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antioch North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lodi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Joaquin Delta(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Contra Costa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 02N 02E 18 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.79354, 38.01518
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kaiser Gypsum Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SAND OBTAINED FROM THIS DUNE AREA SINCE 1936. PRODUCTION AT THIS PIT IS ON A SEASONAL BASIS. INACTIVE SINCE 1952.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. VOL. 47, NO. 4, OCT. 1951, P. 580; V. 54, NO. 4, P. 579

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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